Welcome to the Week’s Review of Canine Social Media
Welcome to this Special Feature on the DoggieU K9 Blog for an update on this week’s dog-related social media from around the world. There are so many stories. Here we will share some of the best stories this week.
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Dog Safety Risks When Traveling By RV!
Tips To Ensure Pets Are Safe Inside An RV This Summer
For most of us, our pets are members of the family. So, when RVers hit the open road this summer, pet security and pet safety need to be a top priority for RVers. Unfortunately, RVs and campers can get incredibly hot, even in the shade. 
- If one leaves a pet alone in one’s RV for too long, they could suffer from heat exhaustion or heat stroke. To keep a pet safe this summer, take a few simple precautions. When one leaves one’s RV, ensure that air conditioner units are in working order and adequately serviced. Always make sure that one’s pet has access to fresh water.
How To Keep An Eye On The Temperature Inside Your RV
- Often recommended to RVers is a device called Waggle to help them keep their RV at a safe temperature when they go out for the day. Waggle is a solar-powered device that goes inside one’s RV and monitors the temperature.
- If the temperature gets too hot, Waggle will send a subscriber an alert via SMS/Text message. This alert allows RV owners to take action to cool down their RV.
Why is this a concern?
- Most RVs use Diesel generators (DG) to power appliances like Microwave oven and AC. DGs’ are prone to failure & consume approximately 1 gallon per hour.
- When the DG is down, the RV interiors quickly reach over 100° even when it is just 75° outside.
- Rapid Rise in temperature puts your pets at extreme risk of heatstrokes & related diseases.
RV dealers often recommend Waggle in addition to cameras to ensure one’s dogs, cats, or any other pet are comfortable, monitored, and protected from soaring summer temperatures across the country during the summer months. Waggle operates over the cell networks. As long as subscribers have a solid cell connection, Waggle will send alerts to any phone that can receive SMS or text messages. Waggle can send email alerts in addition to text messages. Since Waggle uses SMS, it can continue to work even with minimal cell reception.
Here are three steps to keep pets safe even on the hottest of summer days:
- Make sure air conditioners are in perfect working order and adequately serviced
- Ensure the auto generator start is programmed to run if the power goes out in the RV park
- Setup cameras inside an RV to ensure pets are safe and comfortable
- Get a Waggle or similar device to send alerts when temperatures climb
- Ensure someone at the park office or a friend has a key to take care of pets in an emergency
- Make sure an emergency number is listed on the door of an RV
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